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HOMEWORK

ByS
tude
nt:

Ahme
dMohs
inAl
i
2020/
6/12
Q1/Copperhasanatomi
cradi
usof0.128nm(1.28A°)
,anFCCcryst
alst
ruc
tur
e,
andanatomicweig
htof63.
5g/mol.Computeit
stheoret
ica
lde
ns i
tyand
comparetheans
we rwit
hit
sme a
sureddensi
ty.

S
olut
ions
:

not
e*P(
The
rot
cal
)=P(
thr
)andP(
mea
sur
e)=P(
mes
)

n=6×(
1/2)
+8×(
1/8)
=4

a=2√(
2)×0.
128=0.
36207nm

P(
thr
)=nA/
∨cNₐ

P(
thr
)=(
4×63.
5)/
(0.
36207³×6.
022×10²
³)

P(
thr
)=8.
886g
/cm³

P(
mes
)=8.
96g
/cm³

P(
mes
)>P(
the
)

P(
mes
)/P(
thr
)=(
8.96/
8.886)=1.
0083

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Q2/
WhyFCCa
ndHCPha
vet
hes
ameAPFva
lue0.
74?

S
olut
ions
:

Weconsi
derTheFCCa
ndTheHCPha
vet
hes
ame
.Be
caus
eTheCoor
dli
nat
ion
humber
=12.

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Q3/Wha
tist
hedi
ff
ere
ncebe
twe
enac
rys
tal
str
uct
urea
ndac
rys
tal
sys
tem?

s
olut
ions
:

Acr ystalst
ruct
ureischarac
teri
s e
dbyt heposi
ti
onsofall
thea tomsint heunit
cel
l incl
udingthesymme t
ryr el
ati
onsbe t
weenatomsandt hedime nsionsofthe
unitc e
ll.(
In3D,theunitcel
listheminimalvol
umede l
imit
e dbyt hreepairsof
parallelpl
aneswhichfull
ycovert hes
pa c
ebythreei
ndepe ndantpe r
iodic
tr
ans lat
ions.
)

Thecr
ysta
lsys
temisacha
ract
eri
sti
cofthesymmet
rypr
ope
rti
esofac
rys
tal
st
ruc
ture
.In3D,t
herea
reseve
ncrysta
lsyst
e ms
.

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Q4/Ifyouareg
ive
n3dri
llbi
tsofdi
ff
ere
nts
truc
tur
esBCC,
FCC,
HCP.
Whi
chone
youwills
ele
ctf
orhig
hpe
rformance
?Why?

S
olut
ions
:

BCC-
--
>APF=0.
68

FCC-
--
>APF=0.
74

HCF-
--
>APF=0.
74

UseDri
llbitFCCWhic
hThatdri
lbi
tFCCHighperf
ormancet
hanBCCbec
aus
eof
FCCst
ructurehast
heatomsca
npackcl
ose
rtoge
thertha
ntheyc
anint
heBCC
st
ruct
ure.

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